Posted on 05/11/2007 11:04:54 AM PDT by bedolido
A motorist in Helsingborg has been ordered to pay back over a quarter of a million kronor in disability benefits after claiming to be blind for a period of ten years.
The person in question was caught driving a car on three separate occasions while at the same time receiving benefits totalling 268,000 kronor ($38,500).
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) explained its decision to request reimbursement in a letter to the individual concerned:
"While investigating your case in the autumn of 2006, we received information suggesting that you cannot be considered sightless.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.se ...
I can immagine that as the easiest ailment to fake. Hard to prove medicaly that a guy is faking it.
Once Sweden finally succumbs to Moslem rule, this guy will have his eyes gouged out.
How could anyone be so unkind
To arrest a man for driving while blind ...
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